Development Plan - City of Playford - SA.Gov.au

29 Garages and carports fronting secondary streets should be sized and designed to minimise visual
impact and dominance, with a minimum setback to the street of 1.5 metres.
30 Garages and carports (including associated mews dwellings) fronting rear or side lanes may be
established with a 0.0 metre minimum or 1.0 metre maximum setback to the rear lane.
Private Open Space
31 Except where a comprehensive development scheme is proposed over a master planned
development area that includes Council approved building envelope plans, dwellings should include
private open space which conforms to the requirements of Table 2 and 3:
Table 2
Allotment Area of Dwelling (m²)
Equal to or Greater than 450m²
Less than
450m²
Private open space for ground level dwellings
Minimum Area and Characteristics of Private Open
Space
(a) 60m² (minimum dimension of 2.0m) of which balconies,
roof patios etc can comprise part of this area provided the
area of each balcony, roof patio, etc is 10m² or greater;
and
(b) contain one primary useable part of the private open
space which is directly accessible from a living room within
the dwelling and has an area of 25 square metres with a
minimum dimension of 4 metres and a maximum gradient
of 1 in 10.
(a) 35m², (minimum dimension of 2.0m) where part of this
area can comprise balconies, roof patios and similar open
space areas provided each area is greater than 10m²;or
(b) 25m² (minimum dimension of 2.0m) where:
(i) the dwelling has no more than two bedrooms (or rooms
that could reasonably be used as bedrooms) and a total
floor area of not more than 110m²;
(ii) separate areas are provided for in the provision of a
rainwater tank and the storage of refuse and recycling
bins;
(iii) part of this area can comprise balconies, roof patios,
and similar open space areas provided each area is at
least 8m²; and
Table 3
In addition one part of the space is directly accessible from
a living room and has an area of 16m² with a minimum
dimension of 4 metres and a maximum gradient of 1 in 10.
Private open space for upper level dwellings including
mews
Minimum Area and Characteristics of Private Open
Space
(a) private open space with an area of at least 8 m² and
accessable from a living room
Car Parking and Access
32 For each dwelling, the maximum width (including the width of any support structure) of any garage or
carport opening that faces a street, should be no greater than six metres or 50 percent of the frontage
width, whichever is the lesser. Garage or carport openings wider than these standards are
inappropriate, except where:
(a)
a site has rear vehicular access and from which vehicular access is obtained, in which case no
maximum width applies; or